The organizers of the Nuits de Fourvière festival in Lyon announced on Friday that they had “cancelled” the performance of a show by Édouard Baer, accused by six women in Médiapart of “harassment and sexual assault”. “We consider that the conditions are not met to put on a great show“, they indicated to theAFPconfirming information from the regional daily Progress.
They later offered to refund the tickets for the Fourvière’s Journal which was to be held on June 12 as part of this annual multidisciplinary festival. This cancellation comes the day after the cancellation of another show in Paris, which was to be performed around fifteen times in June and July at the Antoine theater.
Furthermore according to Teleramathe actor will be on stage in Roubaix Sunday June 2 to play it The Roubaix Journal. The Théâtre du Colisée confirmed its performance: “We are dependent on production. They didn’t want to cancel, neither did we.” Other dates maintained: June 14 and 15 next at the Anthéa Theater in Antibes.
Edouard Baer targeted by an investigation
On May 23, the Mediapart site and the feminist media Cheek published a joint investigation in which six women accuse Edouard Baer, anonymously, of “harassment and sexual assault” between 2013 and 2021. None of these six women, aged around twenty years old at the time of the events, did not file a complaint, according to the two media.
“I do not recognize myself in the words or gestures attributed to me, but I can only express my regret that my behavior made these women uncomfortable or hurt.“, affirmed the actor in a written statement to Mediapart and Cheek.
After the publication of the article concerning him, Mr. Baer played in Romans-sur-Isère (Drôme) on May 24 then in Vevey (Switzerland) on the 28. Swiss theater, Reflectfor his part indicated that he would reimburse, upon simple request, all those “not wishing to attend the show“.
Édouard Baer, 57, revealed by radio and then television in the 1990s, has led an eclectic career as a presenter, actor in cinema and theater, director and director.
Edouard Baer remains presumed innocent of the facts with which he is accused until the final judgment of this case.
